The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-27 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week. viz. every 310 nday. Thursday, and Saturday. Next week there will be five nights. Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; Signor nor Mixon' ; Signer Scalese, and Si Slario. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY), May 2f, will be per formed Rossini's Opera, IL BA.RBIERE DI S VIGLIA. Rosins, Mdile. Adelina Patti; Bertha, Madame Tagliafico ; Figaro, signor Ronconi ; Bartolo, Signor :-calese, his first appearance in England ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafieo ; Rorello, Signor l'olonini ; Sargente, Signor Rossi ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, 75., mphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had the box-offic under the portico of the theaTre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THE ATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren , C oe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. 1 , 4e11y Power, Hill, Wright, Boers, To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE THIS EVENING (Saturday). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Folonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan First Mr.. C. Vanden ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Morelan d, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Bate Terry ; Actress, kiss lt. Henrade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open athalf-past 7, and Hamlet cm menCes at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. _ _ , ... To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Hafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. LJEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but two of the Great Tragecliene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAH. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch. SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, K. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Mrs. Biilington. To couclude with T HE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole. P. Bedford, it. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—Tatb EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma.den until further notice. lu order to give due effect to tuis most remarkable success of the seAson, enuirely new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and :Sons, and Thompson. New drtsscs and appo ntments have berm prepared for its production. —N. ti. In consequence of the stressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar- Angements have now been made by which Seats m , y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advance. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boucicault ,lisq., every Evening. Re-engagement of th ce C ebra a ted nd popular artistes, Mr. an ose Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson. Mr. Asnley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stirling . . EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before f, an entirely new and original Comedy in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham ,er lathe ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank yiatthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny asephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, TURN HIM OUT. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborou,gh. After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. 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THIS atir.—Moraing, 613.. 58m.—Afternoon, i 7h. 20 m• To-X 0 R 11 "f• - aborting, Bh. 2m.—Aftornoon, Ba. 40m. ft b l ct ; 0 I LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1864. -0-- In these days of timorous policy and compro mising measures, it is a relief to meet with a man like Lord ELLENBOROUGH 7 who will tackle a guts. Con boldly, and, while he goes into no violent extremes, contrives to express his opinions in a decided manner. On Thursday night the noble lora put the question to Lord RUSSELL of which he bad previously given notice, as to the conduct of the Prussians in Jutland. Certainly, it would be difficult to find a subject that presents a more exciting theme of discussion, or a more fruitful topic of interest. From first to last, the course pursued by the promoters and prosecutors of this unequal struggle have carried on their transactions and regulated their policy by means of manage ment and a course of action which we instinctively shrink from, as diametrically opposed to the dic tates of reason, the language of truth, and the claims of honour. It has been, however, more re- cently that the feeling of spite, or revenge, has so plainly manifested itself as to preclude the idea altogether that the war has been carried on in the ordinary style that prevails among civilised nations, and was regulated and controlled according to the principles inculcated among a high and honourable nation. Lord ELLENBOILOUGH very briefly bat very forcibly explained his meaning, set forth his strongest points of argument in a clear and conciss form, and finally wound up by telling the Ministers their duty in language that neither they nor the House will be likely to forget soon. The Con ference, which does nothing when it meets, and then is postponed for an indefinite time to allow its members to recruit after the great exertions of looking at Bach other, was the basis of the noble lord's speech. He said that the engagements entered into by the belligerents and stipulated for at the Con- Terence had not been kept, and therefore we could not put faith in any future promises that might be made n the deliberations which ensued, and were so far ratified by the contending Powers. If one thing more than another is a sham and a delusion it is to put forward this plea of a Conferenee to hoodwink the people of this country, and to bridle the capres- sion of their just wrath and virtuous indignation at ,he treatment which the Danes have received. It is notorious that the Prussians have not condescended ,o play at keeping the engagements entered upon, and Lord ELLENBOROUGH deserves great credit for putting a tongue, as it were, to the irritated feelings, and outraged sympathies of his countrymen, and also it may be added of all men who have a spark of honourable sentiments or kind wishes animating ,hem. Tta Prussians have checked the commerce, hey have interfered with the means of communica- :ion, and they have broken off the wires of the elegraph. They have made a pretence of paying for what goods they have received, or provisions provided for them, but it has been a mere farce of remuneration after all. When any acknowledg ment has been given it has not been in the form of money, but merely a receipt for goods delivered, or something of that nature, which documents are of no ." marketable value" at all. Such devices are almost too pitiable to think of, and it is adding insult to injury for them to perpetrate these disgraceful expedients upon a suffering and struggling popula tion. The times are not so very far distant when a whisper of such double dealing would have raised the dormant feelings of the community and put a stop a t once and for ever to the farce of a Conference, whose decrees were waste paper, and whose stipu lations as stable as water. Nowadays, however, political economists, peace-mongers, and time serving place-holders have so changed the aspect of our social being, and tampered with the inte grity of our public affairs, that all things are changed for the worse, and a hint is scarcely dropped where a generation ago there would have been murmurs loud and deep. It is certainly true that Denmark has been bitterly wronged, but the charge against the Prussians rests on other grounds, and is founded on many grave offences of a general and not an exclusive nature. It may be the first count of the indictment that they have so acted as belligerents as to draw down the indigna tion of Europe; but beyond this, it must be added, that they have grievously insulted other nations, besides cruelly injuring the one marked out as a special victim and signalised us a spoil, where the greed for gain and the mania for the acquisition of territory, wbich inflames the desires and excites the ambition of the Germans of the present day, may be satiated to the uttermost. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH very truly declared that, " in not adher ing to the stipulations agreed to they committed an offence not only against Denmark, bat against every one of the contracting Powers." The sooner the case is looked upon in this light the better. There can never be any advantage gained by shirking the responsibility that devolves upon us, and persisting to put aside the real bearings of the question. We had better contemplate the aspect of affairs from the point in which the other nations of Europe and the world at large regard it. •They see that we have been duped, cajoled, and completely set at nought. The next thing to do is to consider whether it is worth while to put up with these affronts, and to render ourselves so igaominiously conspicuous by appear ing so poltroon in our policy and false to oar en gagements as we are now doing. Another good point in this excellent discourse before us was that which described the opinion that prevailed in Germany at present. They have got the idea that whatever they do, or whatever we may say, there will be no ultimate measures resorted to, " that it is not our intention in any case to lift up our arm for the purpose of arresting the progress of their wrong doing." Can a more dangerous sentiment prevail amid a nation that very plainly can exer cise no restraining power on itself by the dictates of humanity and honour. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in conclusion, made some allusions to the imperfect manner in which the present Cabi net conducted affairs, and lsEmented that they seemed always willing to let German influences prevail to the exclusion of their claims, and the de triment of other States. Earl RUSSELL indignantly disdained the :dea that he suffered any impression to i nfluenr4e his course, or to guide his conduct, and direetA y assumed the responsibility of all foreign rzansactions to himself. This is no very light thing to do, and if he is to stand or fall by his foreign policy, he and his colleagues are in a very shaky position. The attempt to rule by " moral" force has proved most unfortunate. It would be far more dignified to let all foreign affairs alone than to be thus perpetually mixing up ourselves in these em broglios, and then declaring When things come to a crisis that we cannot or rc.ust not go to war. Eng land attained her present proud pre - eminence under the guidance of wiser and more inspired men t h an any that now sway her destiny, a n d neither the Monarchs who led forth her armies to conquer nor the Statesmen who directed her councils to impress and influence the world, adopted the mean spirited policy that we have no claim for fightin g in any other caus e b ut our own. Selfish view s w ill ruin any State, and it is lamentable to find them thus so prevalent in places where they should be banished and driven forth with scorn. Lord BROUGHAM has clearly defined the state of things by saying that never was there so strong a feeling, s) unanimous, among all classes as that which now prevails in favour of Denmark and against Prussia. This is the text of the argument, and it remains for the Cabinet to study its bearings and reflect on its consequences, for upon their issue there depends all that they hold dear as regards place and power, and all that they should reckon as of far greater moment in the way of character, and of rendering up a faithful account of their stewardship to that public they are bound to serve. For a very long period the defects and short comings of our Admiralty administration have been matters of public comment. Whether as regards efficiency or economy, c om pl a i n t s are con tinually wade, unfortunately in most cases with THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1864. too much reason, against our naval authorities. While the votes are censured as unnecessarily arge, and the expenditure condemned as preposte- rously lavish, it is at the same time contended that the officers and seamen of the Royal Navy are the most inadequately remunerated of any class of public servants. This is the more unreasonable, as in no department of the administration do English• men take more pride than in the navy, and no amount is begrudged to it if fairly required for any purpose of the service. Least of all is it the national wish that men who follow an arduous and hazardous profession, and the value of whose services to the country are so great and conspis cuous, should be stinted in their receipts, kept for a long term of years in a position which in many cases is scarcely raised 'Above absolute poverty. Such, for instance, would in these days be the position of a married lieutenant in receipt of the magnificent income of £lBO, and unfortunately most of the inferior grades of the service could supply similar examples. The fault of all this seems to lie rather with the system than with any particular individual or party, and while in most other instances continual complaint and well founded opposition have at last brought about the desired reform with regard to the Admiralty, and all belonging to it, matters are left pretty much as they were. Some faint indications of better days are occasionally visible, and from time to time some of the most grievous abuses are discussed, if not; remedied. On Thursday evening Lord CLARENCE PAGET brought forward a question of considerable importance in the Committee of Supply, and his proposal, although incomplete and partial in its nature, and subjected to severe scrutiny and considerable censure, was nevertheless a step in the right direction. The noble lord moved for a supplementary estimate for the pay of the Na'y, with a view of remedying some of the exist ing deficiencies. Lord C. PAGET proceeded to show that the receipts of naval officers had been much diminished of late years, owing to the loss of two sources of emolument—the prize money ob tainable in time of war, and the freight that was formerly received on the carriage of gold. In con• sequence of the changes in these respect the pay of the navy is, according to Lord C. PAGET'S testimony very inferior to what it was in the days of a former generation. The petty officers are not paid so highly as the same class of men in the merchant service, and most foreign nations make more liberal allow ances for their superior officers than we do. Lord CLARENCE PAGET entered at some length into a careful explanation of the various additions which he proposed to make to the pay and allowances of the different grades of officers and petty officers. He gave also some explanation of the inconveni• ences arising from the changes of 1860, when it was ordered that officers arriving at the age of 60 should retire nolens volens—a determination which was taken with the view of assisting promotion, and of securing a more active class of flag officers. The noble lord, after concluding his observations, moved that a sum of £55,266 be granted for in creasing the fall pay of executive officers of the navy. 'With very few exceptions the speakers who followed approved of the principle which he advocated, and readily admitted the necessity for increased liberality, but considerable exceptions were taken to many parts of the official scheme. It contains many inequalities, and is, on some points, very unsatisfactory, but we are surprised that Lord C. PAGET should have failed to remedy one of the most glaring pieces of injustice in the service. We allude to the regulations respecting the promotion of masters. Sir LAWRENCE PALK in animadverting upon this unaccountable neglect, remarked that this valuable body of officers ap• peared to be the only ones of all the ship's crew who were disqualfied from receiving marks of Royal approbation for distinguished services, and in support of this assertion he cited the case of Mr. Roberts, a master in the Royal Navy, who, during the Crimean war, commanded the Cyclops while in action, and performed many other signal services. The same gentlemen, it will be remembered, displayed remark able ingenuity and promptitude on one im portant occasion, when the senior officers were puzzled how to disembark the troops, and Sir L. PALM might have instanced that occasion as a proof of the sound practical ability so often pos sessed by these officers. Yet from one of those official prejudices which so often keep back merit in this country, they have never been fairly treated. Their pay is very inadequate, their chance of pro motion nil, for what reason, save routine, it would be difficult to say. The very order of June, 1863, which professed to redress their grievances by con ferring upon masters who had served 15 years the rank of staff commander, without additional pay, placed them, in all cases, junior to the lieutenants and, as Sir L. PALK justly observed, a man who' had served with credit for many years might natu rally feel aggrieved at being placed, perhaps, under a youth who knew nothing of the service. Why should the masters be deprived of the power of rising in the service ? - Why should they of all men in the Navy be restricted to the one particular office when in so many instances they are fit and proper persons for holding much higher ones ? This is so glaring an injustice that we agree with Mr. DUFF in finding it difficult to understand how the noble lord who introduced this measure of so called reform could have possibly overlooked it. Why should the pay of the masters be so dispro portionate to that of other officers, so that after twenty years' service a paymaster receives £6OO, and a master £328 ? Why when men are found capable of performing great public services in a time of difficulty and trial should those services be altogether overlooked because they happen to hold the rank of masters. Mr. ROBERTS, whose case we have mentioned, was entirely unrewarded for his exertions during the Crimean War, we believe to his great disappoint ment. This is not the way to induce able and energetic men to enter our navy or to keep them there. There can be no greater mistake than to discourage any class of public servants—to give them the conviction that whatever services they may ,render, or however great may be their zeal for the public good, no mark of favour or of re cognition will be accorded to them. The very men who are most calculated to be valuable officers will be the ones most quickly disgusted with a System which cramps their energies and fetters their laudable ambition. Men of talent and spirit will be slow to enter a profession in which not only they have but a sm►ll chance of rising, but an absolute certainty of not being permitted to rise, whatever their men's. We confess that the masters appear to us to present much greater cause for inquiry and attention than the grie vances of the flag officers, to which Lord C. PAGET seems to have given all his sympathy. MDLLE. BETTLEHEIM, the contralto who is so successfully making her way at Her Majesty's Theatre, is a pianist of murk as well as a singer. She was born, says a Vienna paper, on June Ist, 1845, at Pesth ; was educated as a pianoforte player ; and made a successful debut as such in 1861. That she has not forgotten a branch of the art so valuable to a vocalist was proved by her per. formance at Herr Patter's concert last week, where she joined the concert-giver in a duet for two pianofortes, and was as much applauded in her character of instrumentalist as for ber singing,- ,7/0 ,Rogkr, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LBEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 27. It is asserted that Prince Gortschaltoff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, with his private secretary M. Hamburger, will accompany the Czar to Germany on the 6th proximo, LETTER FROM GARIBALDI, TURIN, May 27. The Turin journals publish a letter from Gari• baldi, in reply to an article in the _Morning Pose. Garibaldi says :—"I pray my friends to partake with me the deep gratitude I owe to all tho Eng lishmen whom I have known in their noble coun try. My friends know that I resolved to visit Eng land to pay a sacred debt of gratitude, and I with drew when I thought fit to do so, without ceding to any instigation. With regard to those from whom I received hospitality, I can never sufficiently acknowledge their immense courtesy, so splendidly lavished." ---- FRANCE. The Senate held a sitting yesterday, M. Troplong in the chair. A number of bills were brought up from the other Chamber. The President expressed the deep regret of the Senate for the death of the Duke of Malakoff. The bill calling for a credit of 2,000,000 fr. for the purchase of ground and mili tary works, and that demanding 5,800,000 fr. for the construction and arrangement of the manufacture of arms at St. Etienne, were authorised to be pro mulgated ; also, a great number of local measures. The rest of the day was devoted to the hearing of reports on petitions, in general without any great interest. BOURSE, May 27.—The Bank of France has followed the example of that of England, and re duced its rate of discount to 6 per cent.; still, how= ever, maintaining its interest on advances, as be fore, at 7 per cent. ntwithstanding the above change, business has been very heavy, and prices nave declined. Threes, for the .A,xount, are now at 66f. 65c., and Mobilier have receded to 1,150 f. Railway Shares have been rather offered, and many of the lines show at t'ais time lower quotations. The market closed and left off as follows : Italian Loan 69 25 Do. end month 69 10 Ditto Threes New Mexican Russian Austrian 3panish Threes..., 51 75 Rome Debt Deferred , 45 50 RALLwAYS. 4/ per Cents, 93 25 00. aid 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 70 credit Mobilier,:::ll46 no end month.... 1147 ZO Bank Shares Credit li oncier ...,1240 Roman 77 Cash. Account. 875 .. 877 50 Orleans :-....•, Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 87 3 75 .. 877 50 New ditto Southern Western Eastern .. 000000000 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa. o Ditto to Barcelona .... 2€o ~ .. 466 25 INDIA AND CHINA. ties. Bulkley, the murderer of Captain McKinnon, has been executed. Robberies of a daring kind are still re corded, the Cantonese who infest the settlement being the chief offenders. The city of Hangchow, which has been for nearly three years in rebel possession, fell to the imperialists on the 31st From the Southern ports we have no political intelli gence. Some correspondence with regard to the customs at Fuhchau has been published. The Commissioner there has been endeavouring to oblige the traders, but has not succeeded, and both parties hare lost their temper as well as their judgment in consequence. At Canton and Macao matters go on as usual. From Pekin and the Northern ports we have no particu lar news. All is quiet at the different ports on the Yang- By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we (limes) have received our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to Vie 23d April, Hong kong to the 15th April, and Bhatighai to the 2d of April. INDIA. The following is the letter of our Calcutta car. respondent : " CALCUTTA, April 23. Seizure of the Chinchas Islands by the Spanish Squadron. _ _.~. (REUTERS EXPRESS.) The steamar Ecuador, chartered by the Peruvian Government, arrived at Panama on the night of the 27th from Callao, which port she left on the 17th it This steamer was despatched to convey Senor Villena, with special despatches from Peru to the United States Government at Washington relativs o the important movements of the Spanish squad• Oa the arrival of the last mail we published the fact that the Spanish Commissioner had not been received at Lima, and had sailed from Callao on the 13th to join the Spanish fleet. On the morning of the 16th H.C.M. frigates Resolution and Tri- unfo and gunboat Covadonga made their ap pearance again in the bay of Callao under a full head of steam, and it was soon ascer tained that their intentions were hostile to the place. The day previous they had taken possession of the Chinches Islands, hoisted the Spanish flsg, made prisoners of the Governor and officers of the island, and captured the Peruvian transport Iquique _ - with her officers. Thence they proceeded to Callao 'or the purpose of surprising the Peruvian squadron a that port; but this was fortunately frustrated, as he fleet had time to get up steam and move under he protection of the guns of the Castle before the foreign merchant vessels could be moved out of the way of the operations of the Spaniards. The Span. ish fleet sailed from Callao OR the evetling of the 16th, probably for the Chinchas Islands. The Peruvian steamer Tumbes left Callao on the morning of the 17th to watch the movements of the Spaniards. At the time the Ecuador left the greatest excite ment prevaKed in Callao. From the offical documents forwarded to us from Callao we compile the following particulars : " On the 20th of March last, Senor Eusebro de Salszai addressed a note, marked confidential, to the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, stating that H. C. M.'s Government had sent them on a special mission to Peru, and asking for a day and hour to be fixed when he could have au interview with the Minister." On the 23d of March Senor Ribeyro, the Peruvian Minister, replied, naming the 30th of March for the interview, which took place, and at which Senor Salazar presented to Senor Ribeyro a note from the Spanish Government, under date of 18th January, introducing Senor Salazar as a Special Commis sioner whom that Government had sent to Peru, considering it advantageous to the interests of Spain in her intercourse with Peru to have such an agent, and requesting that the Peruvian Govern ment would attend to his mission and receive him favourably. On the let of April Senor Itibeyro addressed Senor Salazar, stating that his Government would receive the latter with the greatest cordiality, and extend to him all the facilities and courtesy recog nises by custom and necessary for the discharge of his mission, and added in regard to his -charac ter as Commissioner " The Viceroy and the whole of the principal members of Government left Calcutta last week for Simla. Three months' experience of the new rule has proved what immense advautaget,sre pos sessed by a Governor-General who has that know ledge of the language and the people of the country which alone can enable him to begin his work at once. Sir John Lawrence has not lost a day since he has been here. Tee quantity of arrears that have been cleared up in every office almost exceeds , belief. Departments had done their work just , when and how they pleased for so long a time, that when a searching supervision came they were un prepared to meet it, and the sharp rebukes of the , Viceroy startled all the sinecurists in India into unwonted activity. This has been a part of Sir John Lawrence's work, but that work has not stopped here, lie has originated or pressed on some social measures of greet importance. The Sanitary Commission, presided over by Mr. S',rachey, ie busying itself with the condition of towns and cantonments, and its Efforts will in all pro babiiity add much to the comfort of the soldier in India, no less than of the general population. The attempt to mitigate that great evil which sends a third of our army into the hospitals, by the adope tion of a strict system of supervision, can scarcely be otherwise than successful under the cautious regulations recently decided upon by the Supreme Couecil. Minuter social matters than these have received attention. The greatest—at this season of the year nearly the only—variation in the mono tony of Calcutta life, is the outbreak of a f ire. Somebody sees the thatch burning upon a native hut, and goes el to fetch the engine. With 10- finite screaming and yelling coolies drag it along, and by the time the fire has burnt itself out, and destroyed probably a hundred huts, the engine is got safely to the Spot, and then pulled back again with the same ceremonies. The performance has been repeated very often latterly, and at one large fire at Kidderpore the Viceroy was present with the Lieut.-Governor of Bengal. There have, no doubt, been many things in Calcutta which surprise a man who hits never indulged in apathetic listlessness himself, and never allowed it in others so far as he could prevent it ; and the way in which effo a w to hole street is burnt down here with hardly an rt save it could scarcely have been the least of these surprises to Sir John Lawrence. Dr. Hathaway is resolved to organize some better system of dealing with these accidents, and he is also trying to estab lish a Humane Society, and institution for the relief of European vagrants, of whom there are large numbers in the Presidency towns. Sir John Lawrence's last public act in Calcutta was to lay the foundation-stone of a Sailors' Home. These are not great matters, but they serve to illustrate the thoroughness with which t h e Vlceroy has set about his work. As a good many o fficials know to their cost, there is scarcely a petty detail of the Government machinery which he has not personally examined. It is not at all Nicely to prove a com fortable administration for that class of public servants who consider that in d ra wing their salaries they have done all that the country can fairly ex pect of them. ......,...0 CHINA. We take the following summary of news from the Overland China Mail of the 16th April : The Taeping rebellion is still the chief subject of in terest in China. In our last overland summary we spoke of the surrender of Liyang and Kintang. The announce. ment that the latter city had surrendered .was premature. The garrison, it is true, had expreesed their intention and willingness to surrender, but, un fortunately, the Im perialist forces who were to have kept Chang chow sin in check and its garrison employed while Gordon operated against Kintang, fell back , upon Woosili three days before Kintang was attacked. That city was, there fore, strongly reinforced from Chang-ehow-foo very shortly before Col, Gordon appeared in front of it, The rebel force thus thrown into a city which was about to have surrendered consisted of men from the Two Kwang (Kwangtun and Kwangsi), and are the most hardened of all the Taeping troops. These are what may be termed the original rebels, and are the men who made all the mischief. They are brave, remorseless, and cruel beyond anything ever recorded of their opponents. Colonel Gordon s force has witnessed the most bitter evidences of this in children slain and young girls shamefully mutilated. From Japan we have no definite news of importance. The Tycoon and Mikado aro said to be on good terms, and the foreign question still engages the serious attention of native statesmen. The intelligence from Shanghai is purely local. The steamer Tsatlee has been restored to her owners, Messrs. Russell and Co., and the pirates who took her have been committed to gaol ; those belonging to American juris diction have already made their escape from prison , a fact which casts a stigma upon the lilaitW States' gaol authori "An eminently scandalous act has just been perpetrated in the waters of the Pacific by the Spanish squadron under command of its Admiral, D. Luis H, Pinzon. Our guano islands have been occupieci ,t2v foreign forces which have seized a na tional vessel of Tar and hoisted, as well on shore as at sea, the flag of C:stile. Such an act, executed without any precieus declai:tion of war, .without any legal motive that would authe'rise it, makes its authors aggressors of the territory of our country, violators of international law, and gr,2tuitous despoilers of foreign property. " The arrival of a pretending Spanish diplomate„ with the character of commissioner, whose title alone was an outrage to the dignity of Peru, charged, as is believed, with exaggerated reclamations, has been the signal of this unjustifiable proceeding which I, fulfilling an austere duty, make known to the Republic. The Government has fulfilled ics mission, defending the honour of the country against the pre tensions of an envoy who has answered to the regard shown to him with outrages to the nation, the laws and the Government. All the documents of this affair will be published at once, in order that you may judge of my and my cabinet's behaviour, which on this occasion, as always, has been worthy of the nation's confidence, " I believe that the Government of Spain is foreign from these aggressive acts of its deputies on the shores of Peru; but if they should, unfortu nately, be authorised by it, we will never consent to the humiliation which those same people want to impose upon us, who in Ayacucho did not know how to fight, nor had the courage to defend the possession, held for centuries, of the conquest. The Government is taking those . measures of secu rity which the critical circumstances we find our selves in do require, and seeking means to vindicate the national honour and to save our treacherously and violently robbed riches. Still fresh are the memories of the war of independence in which I was an actor, however small. I will repeat those old services, not excepting the sacrifice of my life, which belongs entirely to the generous country that to me who not deserved it gave its votes to occupy the first post of the nation. " JUAN ANTONIO PEZ ET. " Callao, April 16,1864." A Southern View of the Battles in Virginia. (From the _lndex.) Lee's programme is sufficiently plaia. It is to compel his enemy to become the assailant under the most disadvantageous conditions, to fight him where his superiority of numbers will help him the least; to drag him through an unfamiliar country, away from his supplies and his base of operations, to hus band his own strength for the day of final struggle, "As the communication of the 18th of January and then, if strong enough, to close upon the enemy, of the present year accredits M. de Salazar in a exhausted and bleeding from his frequent wounds. purely confidential character, to judge from its text, From the first it will be seen that Lee has the undersigned at once accepts him as such an agent adopted very different tactics from those which of the Cabinet of Madrid, because the denomina- he has ordinarily pursued. His is an obstinate tion of • Cornmissioner' not being in conformity defence. It is like the retreat of Wellington with the diplomatic rules and usages, might per - before Massone, and will and with another haps cause embarrassments in the course of nego- Torres Vedras. Grant's hardest fighting has tiations, which, for the benefit of both Governments, to come ; and it has yet to be decided whether must be removed at any cost. If Mr. de Salazar, the Federal army or the city of Richmond is in the as is to be hoped, admits this previous and precise more imminent danger. If, as we believe, General explanation, he may, whenever be deems it conve- Lee has been husbanding his resources for a final nient, begin his mission, sure to find on the part of struggle before the walls of Richmond, saving the Peru and its administration the happiest disposi- lives of his men, and hoarding his supplies, so as to 'ions to come to an understanding with the repre- be enabled a given moment to resume the offensive, eentativo of the illustrious Spanish nation." the next few weeks may witness such a seeies of To this Senor Salazar replied as follows : blows to the Northern armies as will well-nigh "LIMA, April 12, 1864. shatter the Union to pieces. " The undersigned, Special Commissioner Extra- * * * * * * ordinary of H.C.M. has had the honour to receive And now let us take the other supposition. Let the note which H.E. the Minister of Foreign Re. us assume, for the sake of argument, that the great Cations of Peru has had the kindness to address to Captain of the South is defeated by overwhelming him on the date of the Ist inst. In it the Peruvian numbers, and the bulldog pertinacity of the Government repels the title of ' Special Commis. Northern commander. Let us further assume sioner' as not being in conformity with diplomatic that Grant not only defeats Lee, but takes rules and usages. Richmond, though the one does not in the least "The memorandum which the undersigned has involve the other, for under 111:Clellan an' army of addressed to the representatives of the allied nations, greater numbers, and certainly of equal discipline, and of which a copy is enclosed, will explain to was driven from a strongly fortified position so H,E. the Minister of Foreign Relations the signi- near to Richmond that the outposts could hear the fication the Government of H.M. will give to the chimes of the city bells. What follows ? Would proceeding of that of the Republic in these critical the Confederates lay down their arms ? No, for circumstances. they are not engaged in a war of aggression. Like "In one of the last sessions of the Permanent the Netherlanders, like the revolted colonists of Commission of Congress, it has been given to Great Britain, they are fighting for their homes, under3tand that the present Administration has the for liberty and independence. They know what intention of contracting a loan of seventy millions submission means ; they know how diabolically of dollare, which, being excessively in advance of cruel are the tender mercies of England ; they to the requirements of the Treasury, is, according know that the vile miscreant who insul:ed the the opinion of influential public men, for the object women of New Orleans is the favourite effi ef gaining means for an opposition to the just car of their enemy; they know what demands of Spain. . M'Neil, Turchin, and many such havo done ; "The Peruvian Government will do what it may they know what Dahigren tried to do. Their think most convenient ; but the undersigned hopes burnt towns, their desolated villages, the inhuman that during his absence from Lima the subjects of treatment of those who have fallen into Federal the Queen in the the territory of the Republic will hands, forewarn them of the indescribable horrors be respected, whatever nay be the eventualities of of submission. The pulpit and the press of the the future. Toe moderation of its Government, of North have clamoured for their spoliation and ex the authorities, and of the country i n G enera l, w ill termination. In the halls of the Federal Congress give to the Government of H. M. the standard for resolutions to deprive them of their prcperty, and the conduct it will have to observe hereafter ; and to reduce them to political serfdom, have been re if, unfortunately, excesses should be committed, ceived with acclamation. Therefore, if their case the reprisals will be prompt, energetic, and decisive, were ever so desperate, they would fight on to the for modern Spain is firmly resolved not to allow bitter end. No Northern victory can subjugate the her sons to be trampled upon or her flag to be South. Before that can be accomplished the whole blemished. male population must be killed or captured. " The undersigned repeats to H. E. M. Ribeyro The capture of Richmond would indeed be a the assuraces of his most distinguished considera- triumph to the Northern arms, and a painful catas tion. (Signed) trophe to the South, but it would not help the North " EUSEBIO DE SALAZARI MAZARREDO. materially in its work of conquest. New Orleans "To H. E. the Minister of Foreign Relations, Pre- has long been under the Federal yoke, yet sident of the Council of Ministers of Peru." Louisiana is not conquered, and though Richmond Senor Salazar then left Callao without waiting a fell, the war in Virginia would not be over. In reply. a military point of view, Nashville, the arsenal of In regard to the memorandum mentioned in the the South, was a greater loss than Richmond would above, the official organ of the Peruvian Govern- be, but the the South was not crippled by the taking ment says :—" The memorandum mentioned by the of that town. The fall of Vicksburg was regarded Spanish commissioner in the note that has been as a great misfortune, but the South was not dis inserted, will be published, in order that the world couraged, and took measures to deprive the North may judge of the state of aberration in which it of all the fruits of that victory, and until this has been written, and some documents that will be day prevents the Mississippi river from being sufficient to form a sentenc e on the immense medley an outlet for the commerce of the West. of calumnious accusations with which it is filled." After every misfortune the Confederates have come The document had not been published at the time forth in greater strength. At the outset the steamer left Callao. , of every campaign they have manifested After this note complications appear to have cone• an increased power of , resistance, and at the menced, and S e nor Ribeyro a ddressed a long letter com mencement of the fourth year of the war to the Spanish Minister of State, Senor Salazar have proved themselves stronger than ever by having l e ft C a ll ao , j us tifyi ng the course of Peru recovering much of the territory that the North from the tim e of h er ind e pendence, and showing the had taken at a tremendous cost of life and treasure. disposition manifested by her to assume friendly Th e truth is, so far as resources are concerned, the relations with Spain; and offering to treat Confederates cannot be exhausted. The blockade of the difficulties existing between the two that was to be the means of their subjugation has Governments in a frank and equitable manner. made them supremely independent. Luxuries they He alludes to the generous welcome ex- have abandoned without a sigh, and they grew tended to the Spani s h fleet on its arrival at and raise food to supply the army and people Callao, and complains that the Admiral of the abundantly. Shut out from the markets of squadron returned their hospitality with the most Europe, they manufacture their own clothes. haughty disdain. In referring to the Telma° affair They make their own guns and gunpowder, and he says that a q u ar rel occurred between some the siege of Charleston is evidence that Conk. Spanish settlers and :some natives in which a derate artillery is a match for any artillery Spaniard and a native were killed and others that can be purchased for Federal gold through wounded, and that the authorities were using due the agency of Messrs. Barieg and Co. But the diligence to find cut and punish the delinquents. most noted instance of their ingenuity and resources That this quarrel has been used as a pretext by the is the construction of an ironclad fleet. We say enemies of the country to make complaints to nothing of the brilliant success of their ironclads, Spain, and that the Spanish Admiral, Senor Pin- but refer only to their skill in obtaining and zon, has been particularly partial and passionate in fashioning the materials. When the war broke his relation of the matter. He denies that Peru out there was not a foundry or a rolling mill in attempted to borrow seventy millions of dollars for the country; but now full supplies of the precious a ny purpose whatever, and he expresses the hope ore are taken from the earth, and there is an that all questions pending between the two Go.. abundance o - machinery and skilled labour to vernments will be amicably settled, and winds up prepare it for plating ships and repairing rail by s aying that senor Salazar, in leaving Lime, has roads. The only doubt about the resources of the left in his note a motive for deep feeling on the part South was in reference to men, and we submit of Peru, attributing to the Government a bad die- that there is not the slightest reason for anxiety position to enter into a settlement with the Govern- on that score; The Southern army is now larger went of Spain, that Spaniards were receiving every than ever. Tne population of the North is greater protection according to law; that they were the con- but its losses are also greater ; and, not having stant object of a sincere and cordial hospitality ; negrces to till the fields, a great part of the men that they should receive no injury either in person capable of bearing arms cannot ige enlisted in the or property, but that they should be left in full army. Every year adds 60,000 men to the fighting exercise of their occupations unmolested, and that population of the South, and we need hardly these privileges were not granted them by any fear observe that the deaths are not nearly ao numerous. of tee threats of Senor Salazar. And let it not ho forgotten that, as an ultimate This is all we can find as having efficially trans resource, the negroes can be turned into sol spired. diets, and would, at the bidding of their masters, On the 16th, after news was received of the fight with enthusiasm against the Federals seizure of the Chinehas, the President of Peru issued lout there is not the most distant prospect of a proclamation, of which the following is a transla- the military service of the negrces being required. tion Well, then, we say there is no chance of the Con- federates being subjugated. And as it is certain they will not submit, it is clear that a Federal vic tory will not bring about peace. Such an event may prolong the war by giving a temporary eclat to the war party, but it cannot give peace. Only the success of the South will give a hope of the termination of the bloody strife. We offer these suggestions at a moment when we think the South has achieved a great and momentous victcry. Still, we know the proverbial uncertainty of war, and far be it from us to imitate the jester of the White House, and triumph before we know the final re sult of the battle. CrillT t lt o • itr fA v 3 kkA bit RER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 25. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses the Princess Leiningen and Princess Helena, went out in the morning. Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses the Princess Leiningen and Princess Helena, drove by Castleton, Cor riemulzie,, and Mar Lodge, and returned through Inver cauld. On this day her Royal Highness the Princess Helena entered her 19th year. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis of Hesse, and attended by Major Teesdale, went yesterday to the International Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Lady Morton and Lord Harrill, went to a concert at St. James's-hall. _ . The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis of Hesse, went to the House of Lords in the afternoon. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Mary of Cambridge, took a. carriage drive. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales had a dinner party in the evening. The company consisted of their Roy al Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess Louis of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar and the Countess Doruberg, Prince Theodora of Tour and Taxis, the Countess Gleichen, the) Duke of St. Alban's, the Countess of Morton, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, the Earl and Countess of Best , borough, Viscount Castlerosse, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Colonel the Hon, Sir Charles Phipps and the Hon. Harriet Phipps, Colonel Henry Percy, Captain Frederick Stanley, the Hon. G, H. Cadogan, Mademoiselle de Grancey, Cap tain von Wester, weller, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale. Madame Jerichau has been honoured with sittings for a portrait of Prince Albert Victor of Wales. RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR.—Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the younger members of the royal family, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, is expected to leave Balmoral and arrive at Windsor Castle on or about Thursday week, the 9th of Juno. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince ana Princess Louis of Hesse will visit the Qmeen at Windsor, Whom it La understood the approaohing nocouchement of/ her Royal Highness Princess Alice will take place. Their Royal Highnesses the Prinn and Princess of Wales are expected to pay a visit to A icot races on the grand day. His Excellency the French Ambassador bad a dinner party on Thursday evening at Albert-gate House. The dinner circle comprised the Prince Edward de la Tourd'Auvergne, brother to the ambassador; the Duchess de Morny, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Bath, Lord and Lady ProbY, Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn (2), Earl Granville, Sir Edward and Lady Filmer, Marquis Caumont le Force, Vicomte de Contades, Vicomte de, Courval, and Comte Maffei. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale have left Claridge's Hotel for Yester House, Haddington. The Earl and Countess Spencer and Lady Sarah Spencer arrived last evening at Spencer House, St. James's, from Paris. The noble earl and countess and Lady Sarah have been absent from England since the early part of last October. Daring their stay abroad they visited Egypt, and, recently, Constantinople. They returned home by the Danube and through Vienna and Paris. The Earl and Countess of Verulam had a dinner party yesterday evening at their residence in Great Stan hope-street. PROVIDENT CLERI;S' BENEVOLENT FUND,--The annual election of 12 annuitants for this meritorious fund, took place on Thursday last, at the offices, 15, Moor' gate-street. The successful candidates were :—Cterks -- is. H. Steele, J..J. Gannon, W. J. Toward, and F. 14 * Hart. Widows—Nelson, Holder, Burraston, Traies , Drawbridge, Anderson, Hawkins, and Hake. life fund , it may not be goner ally known, consists in a great measure of small donations and subscriptions from the clerks of the metropolis, its object being to grant annuities to necessitou s members. The Clerks' Benevolent Fund is an offshoot 01 the Provident Clerks' Life Assurance Society, which nos/ holds a position of immense strength in the insurano o world, in consequence of its being o:ae of the very tot': selected by the Government for a)suraace of the lives of clerks in the Post-office and other public offices. Althoug h the society is principally for clerks, yet ele benefits of its solidity aid security are open to the public: generally. IHE FRENCH TREATY.—The increase of the French Trade, owing to the Cobden treat?, is somethin g enormous. The treaty came into operation in the middle of 1861. In 1861 the number of packages which passel through the Customhouse warehouse in the Southamp ton Docks from Havre was about 15,000. In 1863 they raga' bered nearly 60,000. This year they are likely to number upwards of 100,000. HOUSE OF LORDS.—CAMPBELL Y. CAMPBELL.-' This was an appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland, and the question involved was whether that cour t was right in refusing to appoint a receiver to receive the rents and administer the estates of the Earldom of Breadsl". bane, until it be ascertained by proceedings now pending who is the true heir to the estates and earldom. The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chelmsford yesterday decided that the Court of Session was ric ht, on the ground that the respor dent had a better prima /acie case than the a ppellant, O ci affirmed the decision of the court below. Lord W ens ler dale was of a different opivion, but the appeal was 11 a majority dismissed. LEE'S ARMY IN VIOGINIA. —" Metthat i e fi writes:—" To the English readers of my letteo' who are not supposed to know this geography of Virg ini T where the fighting is going on, let me soy that they ti ee t not get confused if they will bear in mind this simple fec,.: that for ten days from the time that .Grant crossed Rapidan, and to where Lee now is, is not a distance of te t , miles, so that ho is not six miles from th e Rapidan, 11%0 withstanding ono would think by btanton's letters that tit had retired about 300 miles, if every day's progress of 0 1. : a .. is added—one day 14, another 30, and soon. All this pi ° is shed thus far has been in a circle of eight miles. Tt to-day occupying the entrenchments he had prepared L% fortified with so much skill for months—aye, Y°' 11 „ . 01 0 appears to-day that he has slaughtere d his oPPa--cea, until he is tired out. Now he will rest in hr's de te u e til secure from Grant if he had 500,000 fresh lawn , .7 1 be the Federal commander is played out. Then 110wl_will joined by Beauregard and about 40 , 000 f resh meta. _, i an turn attack Grant, and drive him back to the f : aV ttint s and then we shall have to go over the old routine 0- g 6 ci another army of 250,000 men, and a ne w corani e ' i t o o place of Grant, who will then bo kicked out, as h" ve „ders INl‘Clellan and a dozen other great ex-military comraa-0100 of the Potomac. I think all this mee ts Mr. Lin views, His chances for the Presidency are good. s u s ' o s will evidently play himself out in martial glorY , , been none by my illustrious Massachusetts friend, Gen Banks. The latter has so fully justified all my P r .„„1 4 00 for him since three years that I am really grateful. 11-e:titis. made me a true prophet. I shall try and get up ra .o w e st and raise money to buy a cheap farm for him up Jersey, where he can do no harm, and raise OP chickens," The _Rielanond Inquirer a nnouncEs the a rric_ r a i l a itl i the Confederate States of Commander W. L. Pit"' A the Confederate steamer Georgia.